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Gladstone in the News February 22, 2026

Health Tech: Deepak Srivastava of Gladstone Institutes on How Their Technology Can Make an Important Impact on Our Overall Wellness

Authority Magazine—As part of a series about business leaders who are shaking things up in their industry, Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava describes how the convergence of AI, stem cell biology, and gene editing means that for the first time, it’s realistic to contemplate cures, not just treatments.

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Article February 18, 2026

How AI Is Accelerating Life-Saving Discovery

Gladstone scientists are developing new AI tools that promise to revolutionize how science is done and lead to new treatments for the most devastating diseases.

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Gladstone in the News January 25, 2026

Congenital Heart Disease Featuring Deepak Srivastava

The Stem Cell Podcast—Gladstone President and Investigator Deepak Srivastava discusses groundbreaking research on heart defects in Down syndrome and ways to encourage the growth of cell and gene therapies.

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Article January 23, 2026

Meet Gladstone: Shyam Jinagal

Shyam Jinagal explores how genetics, aging, and regeneration shape the heart—and how those insights could one day restore heart function after injury.

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Article December 15, 2025

Gladstone’s Scientific Highlights of 2025

From fundamental insights to translational advances, here’s how Gladstone researchers moved science forward in 2025.

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Gladstone in the News December 2, 2025

Global Wellness Awards Spotlight Leaders Transforming the World’s $6.8 Trillion Wellness Economy

Global Wellness Summit—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava was honored with the Bennett Family Award for Collaboration in the Science of Wellness, recognizing his leadership in bringing together experts across disciplines to accelerate discoveries that will define the next era of human health.

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Article November 5, 2025

Deepak Srivastava Selected to Deliver American Heart Association’s Distinguished Scientist Lecture

Srivastava will present at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2025 in New Orleans; the lectureship is a major recognition of excellence by the association.

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Video November 3, 2025

Science in Seconds | Researchers Pinpoint Key Gene Behind Heart Defects in Down Syndrome

In this video, Gladstone scientists share how they used stem cells, gene editing, and AI to identify a gene driving heart defects in Down syndrome—and how reducing its levels in mice restored normal heart development, offering hope for future treatments

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Gladstone in the News November 3, 2025

Heart-on-a-Chip May Lead to New Treatments for Heart Failure

UC Berkeley Engineering—Researchers from Gladstone, including Gladstone President and Investigator Deepak Srivastava, were part of a team that discovered a way to efficiently deliver therapeutic messenger RNA into heart muscle cells, overcoming a bottleneck in heart-failure therapeutics that could open the door to novel, lifesaving treatments.

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Gladstone in the News October 28, 2025

“Vascular Biology” Featuring Dr. Juan Melero-Martin

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Gladstone in the News October 22, 2025

Overactive HMGN1 May Underlie Heart Defects in Down Syndrome

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains how his lab’s discovery could pave the way for treatments that prevent heart malformations in people with Down syndrome.

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Article October 22, 2025

Scientists Pinpoint a Key Gene Behind Heart Defects in Down Syndrome

After decades of mystery, Gladstone researchers identify a gene that can derail heart formation—and show that fixing it prevents the problem in mice.

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Gladstone in the News September 11, 2025

NIH Funding Cuts Will Cost Lives and Threaten Innovation

San Francisco Business Times—In this commentary, Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava warns that severe funding cuts from the National Institutes of Health would put lifesaving biomedical research—and patients—at risk.

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Gladstone in the News August 12, 2025

Deepak Srivastava Speaks About the Impact of Proposed NIH Budget Cuts

ABC7 News—Scientific advances have brought us closer than ever to contemplating cures for many devastating diseases—Parkinson’s, type 1 diabetes, certain cancers, HIV/AIDS. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava comments on how proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health budget would slow this progress and the very research that could save millions of lives. He explains why this moment matters and why continued investment in science is critical.

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Gladstone in the News August 8, 2025

Lab-Grown Salmon Introduced by Bay Area-Based Seafood Company

ABC7 News—Gladstone alumnus Arye Elfenbein and his business partner, Justin Kolbeck, founded Wildtype to create cell-cultured seafood. Their company uses the same technology—known as induced pluripotent stem cells—that Elfenbein learned while working in the lab of Deepak Srivastava at Gladstone.

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